The Osceola times., 1887-01-29
SENATE Bri.L No. 81:

SEC. j. That Section 5,SS8 of
Mans6eld's Digest be and the same
is hereby amended So as to read as
follows: All roads heretofore laid
out in the United States, and all
public roads known us military roads
which have heretofore been estab.
lished by order Of any County Court
in this State, or upon which the
County Courts of this State have
from time to time appointed over
seers to work the same and directed
that hands sh"lL he appcrtmn-d
therefor without regard To any in-
formality the several Co. Courts in
making such orders, he and the same
are hereby declared to be State
SIC. =. That Sections 5,SS7, aud
o,SSS, Of chapter 1871 Of said Digest
he and the came are hereby repealed.
SEC. y. That Sccti,n $500 Of said
Chapter Of said Digest be- amended
so as I" read as follows: The Couu.
ty Court Of each county at the first
term iheroi after the passage Of this
Act shall divide the county into road
districts to be comIm'scd ol such roads
or parts Of roads As NAV be deemed
convenient and proper, particularly
describing the h~undary of each dis
trict, and shall at the same tim. ap.
point one oversecr to each road dis.
trict who shall hold his Office for one
year, and until his successor shall be
daily appointed, aud who shall re-
ce've AS compensation for his SER
vices the sum Of two dollars per day
for each day he shall he actually EN- .
Ployed in the performance of his du-
ties NJ such ovrrsrrr to he paid out
of the road fund hereinafter provii.
cd for.
SE,. I. That Section Five Thous.
and Eight Hundred and Ninety One
Of said Digest he aud the same is
hereby repealed.
SIC. 8. That Section 1904 OF
said Chapter Of said Digest be amend
ed so as to read as follows: That II
shall the duty Of each road overseer
to warn every person spportioned tu
him ia his road district and who Is
subject TO road duty, to work on the
roads in his district, not more thar,
five days in each year.
SEC. q. That Section 50l7 OF
said Chapter Of said Digest be and
the same is hereby repealed.
SEC. Z. That Section $500 Of said
Chapter of said Digest be amended
10 as to read as follows; All money
paid to any road ovcrse-r uLdcr the
preceding section shall he by him
paid over Immediately to the Coun.
ty Treasurer, from whom he shall
take duplicate receipts, one Of whicl
he shall file IN the office of the CLERK
Of the County Court and said CLERK
shall charge the same to the Coun.
ty Treasurer.
SEC. 8. That Section 5,440 b.
amended so as to read as follows
There shall he levied aud collcctet
in each year State tax of One Mil
on the Dollar upon all the taxabl,
property in this State to be drnomi
mated u road tax, and when collect
ed to he used exclusively for roat
purposes, which said tax shall be col.
lected at the same time and m tn,
same manner that other State an,
County taxes are collected and which
shall be paid over to the Count,
Treasury at the same time as othcl
County taxes.
SEC. .. That Section $3.50 Of saic
Digest be and the sa,as is herrb,
repealed.
SIC. 10. That Section 5,053 q
said Chapter Of said Digcst be amen
dcd 80 a. to read as follows: Tn,
County Cour, for levying taxes ant
making appropriations for the ex
penses of the County shall appropri
ate and apportion all money in th'
County Treasury belonging to tn,
road fund "f each County to the re
pair aud opening Of the public road,
in said County, and the building an,
repair Of bridges in the several roa,
districts IN the County ~ they shsl
deem proper; such appropriation and
aPportionment Of money to he mad,
to each road district separately, pro
vided that not more than ninety pei
cent. Of such road tax in any on,
year shall be appropriated by such
Court.
SIC. II. That the road oversee
Of each road district, for the purpose
of keeping the public roads and
bridges in repair shall have authori.
ty to employ such labor, buy neces.
sary tools aud material and hire
teams as shall be necessary to keep
said roads aud bridges in repair, to
the extent of the appropriation made
to his said road district and not more,
paying therefor the customary price
Of the country where such work ID
done and purchases made. He shall
keep in a we'll bound book q strict